KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — Workers have wrapped up reconstruction work on a major north-south freeway through the Kalamazoo-Portage area.
Crews spent over three months refreshing U.S. 131 from Interstate 94 to U Avenue, Michigan Department of Transportation spokesperson Nick Schirripa said.
“We’ve done a lot of paving work, and not just between 131 between I-94 and U Avenue, but also at the Center Avenue interchange,” Schirripa said. “There was a little bit of realignment on one of the ramps, but for the most part, it’s just new pavement.”
Schirripa said workers will spend Friday removing the last of the orange construction barrels.
The new pavement will have a lifespan ranging between five and seven years, Schirripa said.
